Red Blood Cell Transfusions and Iron Therapy for Patients Presenting with Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Survey of Canadian Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of respondents.

Characteristics	Respondents, % (95% CI) ()
Survey language
English	89.8% (84.9%; 93.2%)
French	10.2% (6.8%–15.2%)
Age (years)
<36	32.2% (26.0%; 38.7%)
36–45	36.0% (29.7%; 42.8%)
46–55	14.3% (10.1%; 19.8%)
56–65	11.8% (8.1%; 17.0%)
>65	5.9% (3.5%; 11.2%)
Female sex	29.1% (23.3%; 35.7%)
Province of practice
Western Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan)	27.8%
Ontario	49.8%
Quebec	16.8%
Atlantic Canada (New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island)	4.6%
Outside of Canada	1%
Level of training
Staff GI Physician	83.2% (77.5%; 87.8%)
GI trainee (PGY 4-5)	8.9% (5.7%; 13.6%)
GI trainee (PGY 6 or above) retired physician	6.4% (3.8%; 10.7%) 0.5% (0.0%; 2.8%)
Type of center
Academic	41.9% (35.3%; 48.8%)
Community	27.1% (21.5%; 33.6%)
Combination of academic and community	13.8% (9.7%; 19.2%)
I am not affiliated with a hospital	0.5% (0.0%; 2.8%)
Comfort managing UGIB
Extremely comfortable	66.3% (59.3%; 72.7%)
Slightly comfortable	24.6% (19.0%; 31.2%)
Extremely uncomfortable	5.4% (2.9%; 9.6%)
Neutral	3.7% (1.8%; 7.5%)